Key Takeaways
- Bayern Munich beat VfB Stuttgart 4-2 to lift a record 35th German league title with four matches to spare.
- England striker Harry Kane has struck 50 goals in all competitions, fuelling talk of a Ballon d’Or push.
- Vincent Kompany’s side still chase the treble: German Cup semi v Bayer Leverkusen and Champions League semi v Paris Saint-Germain.
Bayern Munich turned on the style at a sold-out Allianz Arena, coming from behind to defeat Champions League-chasing Stuttgart 4-2 and seal yet another Bundesliga crown.
The victory, confirmed after Borussia Dortmund’s slip at Hoffenheim 24 hours earlier, gives the Bavarians their 13th domestic title in 14 years and a record-extending 35th overall.
Goals rained in once more. Bayern have now hit 109 league goals — the most in Bundesliga history with four fixtures left. Harry Kane, Michael Olise and Luis Diaz have claimed 59 of them, terrorising defences since an opening-day 6-0 rout of RB Leipzig.
While the attack steals headlines, the back line has been almost as mean. Only 29 goals have been conceded, leaving Kompany’s men on course to equal the 91-point benchmark set by Jupp Heynckes’ treble winners in 2012-13.
Kane, jeered for joining a “failing” club in 2023, now has 32 Bundesliga goals in 27 outings and 50 in total across all competitions — more than any other player in Europe’s top five leagues. The 31-year-old also matched Frank Lampard’s Champions League knockout record for an Englishman by scoring his 15th against Real Madrid in midweek.
“Big trophies decide big awards,” Kane said recently, accepting that the Ballon d’Or will hinge on Champions League and World Cup glory. A seventh European Cup for Bayern and a deep England run in North America this summer would strengthen his case enormously.
Attention now shifts to cup matters. Bayern visit Bayer Leverkusen in the German Cup last four and host Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final. Should they lift both, they would become the first men’s team in Europe to complete a treble on three separate occasions, following triumphs in 2013 and 2020.
“We understand his ideas better now,” Kane said of Kompany. “We’re faster, braver and more together. The next six weeks can make this season truly special.”